A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



sides are in places lined with 

 -At Westend Farm, 



miles south from 



level ; and the 

 dressed stone. 



Shadingfield (xviii, 7). 

 north-west of the village, 3 

 Beccles, is an oblong moat. 



To the east of the last are three parts of a 

 larger quadrangular moat, and close to its external 

 bank on the north-east another small one incloses 

 an island, in the midst of which is a square 

 pond. 



Shelland (Ivi, i). — At New Farm, east of the 

 village, 2^ miles north-west from Stowmarket, is 

 a portion of an elliptical moat. 



Rockylls Hall, north-west of Shelland, has 

 three sides remaining of a large rectangular moat. 

 Near the western angle a branch from the moat 

 penetrates the interior, partly inclosing a pond. 



Shelley (Ixxxi, 10). — At Shelley Hall, 2^ 

 miles south from Hadleigh, a square moat sur- 

 rounds the fine old Tudor building. 



Shimpling (Ixiii, 4). — Greentree Farm, east 

 of Shimpling village, 6 miles north from Sudbury, 

 has an oblong moat with a pond at the south- 

 west angle. 



Shimpling (Ixiii, 7). — ^Three parts of a moat 

 are at the rectory, to the east of the village. 



Shimpling (Ixiii, 8). — The quadrangular 

 ' Hunts' Moat' lies in a field i^ miles east from 

 the village. 



Shotley (Ixxxix, 2). — The site of the old hall 

 at Shotley, 2^ miles north-west from Harwich, 

 shows traces of having once been surrounded by 

 an oblong moat. 



SiBTON (xxxviii, 16). — North Grange Moat, 

 north of Sibton Abbey, 5 miles south-south- 

 west from Halesworth, consists of two sides of a 

 right angle. 



South Elmham All Saints (xvii, 15). — A 

 network of moats spread around the north, west, 

 and east of the church, 4 miles south-south-west 

 from Bungay. Towards the north-east a large 

 oblong moat is almost complete ; from the middle 

 of one side a branch, 300 ft. long, takes a 

 southerly course on the north-west of the church, 

 and apparently formed a common side to two 

 moats, one of which possibly surrounded the 

 church. The western end of the branch from 

 the large moat enters the side of a smaller oblong 

 moat, complete but for the eastern angle, and in 

 this area is a pond. 



To the south of these, at Meen's Farm, are 

 pieces of six water trenches, which are apparently 

 portions of another group of moats. 



At Blackburn's Farm, east of the last, are 

 three sides of a small rectangular moat. 



Another, to the south-west of the latter, con- 

 sists of three-fourths of a quadrangle. 



South Elmham St. Cross (xvii, 9). — Three- 

 fourths of a rectangular moat remain at the 

 rectory. 



Two sides of another, describing a right angle, 

 are at College Farm, north of the village. 



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South Elmham St. Margaret (xvii, 10). — 

 A large quadrangular moat surrounds what is 

 supposed to be the site of the bishop's palace of 

 the ancient East Anglian see ; it lies south-west 

 of the village. 



The greater portion of another moat is to the 

 east of St. Margaret's Rectory. The waters lie 

 in a broad curved channel of great strength. 



South Elmham St. Michael (xvii, 1 1). — 

 A portion of a weak angular moat lies to the 

 west of the church. 



South Elmham St. Nicholas (xvii, 14). — 

 Three parts of a small square moat are situated 

 on the west of the church. 



South Elmham St. Peter (xvii, 7). — At 

 St. Peter's Hall, south of the church, 3 j miles 

 south from Bungay, are two sides of a square 

 moat with ponds protruding from the two 

 remaining angles. 



Southolt (xxxvii, 9). — At Southolt Hall, 

 north-east of the village, 4J miles south-east from 

 Eye, is a long oblong moat which has spread 

 inwards, forming a pond by the ancient entrance. 



Southolt (xxxvii, 13). — At Paradise Farm 

 are three sides of a square moat. 



Spexhall (xxviii, i). — Spexhall Hall moat, 

 north of the village, fully 2 miles north-north- 

 west from Halesworth, retains three parts of its 

 former circuit. 



Sproughton (Ixxv, 10). — Boss Hall moat, 

 north-east of the village, i^ miles west from 

 Ipswich, lies close to the northern bank of the 

 River Gipping ; it is square in plan and the area 

 is divided into two portions. 



Stanningfield (liv, 16). — At Great Saxes 

 Farm, south-west of Cross Green, 6 miles south- 

 south-east from Bury St. Edmunds, is a quad- 

 rangular moat. 



Stansfield (Ixii, 4). — At Purton Hall, 8^ 

 miles north-east from Haverhill, is the southern 

 side, with its two angles, of a rectangular moat. 



Stoke Ash (xxxvi, 9). — At Wood Hall, 3^ 

 miles south-west from Eye, is a perfect quadrangu- 

 lar moat. 



Stoke Ash (xxxvi, 13). — At Colsey Wood, 

 east of Wickham Skeith village, 3^^ miles south- 

 west from Eye, is a rectangular or nearly square 

 moat. 



Stonham Aspall (Ivii, 6). — Broughton Hall, 

 3^ miles south-west from Debenham, has a 

 curved moat. 



Stonham Aspall (Ivii, 7). — At Morgan's 

 Farm, East End, are three sides of a quadrangu- 

 lar moat, supplied by a channel at the north- 

 east. 



To the east of Stonham Aspall there remains- 

 a part of an irregularly shaped moat at Lewis 

 Farm. 



Stoven (xviii, 16). — At Church Farm, south- 

 west of Middle Green, 5 miles north-east from 

 Halesworth, there remains the greater part of a. 

 rectangular moat. 

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